Embracing the idea of neutrality in home management

The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Kendra Hennessy

Homemanagement, Organizing, Mom, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Homemaking, Cleaning

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Let me be the first to tell you if you’ve never heard this before: cleaning your home is a neutral act.

It is not morally better to be clean. It is not morally bad to have messes.

We’ve created a belief systems that makes the action of having a tidy home better than not rather than realizing cleaning is just an action we do, it’s not who we are.

Today, I’m going to talk about the idea of neutrality and how it has quite literally changed my approach to almost everything I used to judge myself for.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's okay to admit that mom life feels harder than you ever thought it would be.
0:05.0	It's also okay to want it to feel easier. We're surrounded by mixed messages all day.
0:10.0	Keep a clean house, but not too clean.
0:12.0	Take a rest mama, but not too long, that's just selfish.
0:15.0	Homemaking is dead, but you better still take care of everything every day.
0:19.0	We're told you have two choices.
0:21.0	Be Pinterest perfect or a 24-7 hot mess.
0:24.0	I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted and over it.
0:26.7	I'm Kendra Hennessy, founder of Mother Like a Boss,
0:29.0	and I put reluctant homemakers back in the driver's
0:31.4	seat of motherhood with realistic routines and
0:33.8	practical mindset shifts. I believe in empowering you to create a home that feels like a
0:37.7	safety net, not a tight rope. I believe in martyr-free motherhood that puts you
0:41.3	behind the wheel of your own life. As a mom of two,
0:43.9	I'm here to give you judgment-free strategies and have honest conversations that
0:47.8	equip you with what you need to live your absolute best mom life. Welcome to the
0:52.1	Mother Like a Boss podcast.
0:55.8	When I recently asked my Instagram audience what it would mean for them if they could cut their
0:59.3	cleaning and home management time, like in half, the answers poured in. I'd play with my kids more it would
1:04.8	reduce my stress I'd finally be able to invite people over at the last minute without
1:08.8	freaking out and shoving everything in closets it would be freeing like a weight
1:12.3	off my shoulders it would be freeing like a weight off my shoulders. It would be
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